We breathe ourselves into the shape we're in. Imagine molten lava shaping the landscape after a volcano. Each breath that we take creates changes in our internal landscape. From the position of our ribs to the pressures inside our chest, back and belly our breath shapes the architecture of the human body. Try the two exercises in this video. Notice which one seems to have the greatest impact on helping you breathe into parts of your body that you may not have experienced. The most rebellious act in a culture desensitized to itself is learning to feel fully. Share your experience with the group!

Welcome to all of the new members who've joined this week! Take a sec to say hello and tell us about your goals. We'd love to get to know you. And to everyone on the platform - take 5 minute to breathe with Emily in our first daily challenge. You'll learn more about your breath than most people will learn in a lifetime. Tomorrow's lesson is on nasal breathing vs mouth breathing🫁💪 Looking forward to getting to know our new members and to hearing everyone's insights from the first lesson!

Team, I'm excited to kick off a new era of learning, training, and skill building together! Our first lesson is foundational to everything we do at Physiology First. You'll learn how to take a full breath - possibly for the first time. When I say that 99% of adults and 100% of teens who pass through our doors have never taken a full breath in their lives I'm not exaggerating. To access our full tidal volume takes work, practice, and skill. The feeling is absolutely amazing - it reminds us immediately that we've been breathing shallow, partial breaths for most of our life. Take your time with this lesson - because it's our first one (and because it's a holiday in the US) I'll hold off on lesson 2 until Monday. That gives everyone the weekend to follow Emily and practice taking a full breath. Share your experience with the group afterwards! That where the fun starts, how the community builds, and what gives us the confidence in our own voice to share these skills with others. Weekly Challenge: As you go through your week ask yourself when you might take a full breath like the one you're about to practice. There are plenty of opportunities where this fits - and not every breath necessitates the recruitment of our full breathing musculature and tidal volume. This will be a cool way to build increased breath awareness into the week and challenge you to think about your breathing in a new way. Enjoy the first lesson and our weekly challenge and share your experience with the group! And huge thanks to Emily for her amazing work on this project. *For some of our new members who joined this week, this is a great opportunity to introduce yourself and get to know others in the Physiology First University community!

Hi everyone! 👋 Just a quick note to say that I won’t be joining tonight’s call and probably won’t be very active this week. I’m on vacation with my family and taking the opportunity to slow down, reflect, recover, and recharge. I’m also listening to Man’s Search for Meaning, which feels like the perfect book for this season. Looking forward to catching up with everything next week. Have a great week everyone! 🙏

I've been concerned for a while now about overprotective parenting. However, for a long time, I saw it primarily through the lens of social skills (or the lack thereof). More recently, I've been reflecting on how deeply it connects to our physiology-first commitment to students and parents. In conversations with a team member who is a psychopedagogue and psychomotricist, I learned about a student whose poor handwriting skills stemmed from a lack of core strength. I've also seen more and more students whose parents are so apprehensive that they prevent them from engaging in natural childhood behaviors, like swinging high on the swings or doing tricks on the monkey bars. They don't realize that humans are antifragile and that children's strength and physical development literally depend on letting them explore the world with their hands and feet, occasionally get hurt, and learn to measure risk. I'm excited about creating a space at YSchool where children are encouraged to move, explore, and discover all that they're capable of.